Reef ready tanks?

[thekarens]

Whoa! I haven't bought any tank yet, but occasionally you can get a better deal on Marsh and most of those tanks are reef ready. I will probably buy a used tank and not all tanks can be drilled. I'm just keeping my options open for when I find the right tank/deal

[Delock]

Question, if we bought a reef ready tank could we take out the overflow and plumb the return and drain to run a canister underneath? Not sure how that would work since most FW tanks have the holes drilled in a different area than salt tanks. If it can be done what kind of bulkheads are used?

Why waste the time buying a reef ready tank when you can get one with holes drilled in the bottom?


Unless the tank is used!

[rage]

I believe a RR tank costs more, yet it is inconvenient if you just want to do fresh water. Why don't you try to trade for a non-drilled tank? How big is it?

[eklikewhoa]

Yeah you can....

If it were me....
I would get threaded bulkheads, then get threaded barb fittings on the bottom side and teflon tape the threads. This would lead to your filter intake/output.

for the other side you could have either threaded or slip fit and just put a strainer on one side and loc-line on the other.

[thekarens]

Question, if we bought a reef ready tank could we take out the overflow and plumb the return and drain to run a canister underneath? Not sure how that would work since most FW tanks have the holes drilled in a different area than salt tanks. If it can be done what kind of bulkheads are used?